SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL WINDFARM

This could be a big month, as we anxiously anticipate the arrival of ScottishPower Renewables' planning application for the five-turbine Lenchwick Windfarm, while Peter Luff MP (who less than a year ago was warning of electricity shortages if we don't get our energy strategy sorted out) fights a rearguard action on behalf of a handful of nimbies.

Next month, the eyes of the world will be on Copenhagen, as we wait with baited breath to see if politicians can agree on plans to cap global warming. We in the Vale of Evesham have a chance to show the world's leaders how ordinary citizens can embrace a better future. But we will be stymied if we allow the arrogant loudmouths of VVASP to continue to dominate the argument.

Let us not forget that Vale Villagers Against Scottish Power have spread no end of lies about the wind turbines. As BBC Midlands Today demonstrated so recently, the reality of modern wind turbines is very different from the looney stories bandied about by the 'me-me-me' nimby brigade. The same protest group has hogged the media, littered the area with ugly placards and endeavoured to overturn local democracy. But worst of all, they have lied.

The best thing that those of us who share concerns about the future, who desire effective green solutions to the pressing problems we all face and who have felt despair at the viciousness employed by nimbies to whom the view matters more than the planet - the best thing we can do is write to Wychavon District Council's planning department, the moment SPR's planning application arrives, to emphasise our support for the windfarm development.

The more letters of support the planning committee receives, the more they will feel justified in taking the right decision.

There's a lot at stake, here. Will the future be determined by a few grasping speculators or by the will, and the needs, of society as a whole?

You can help determine the outcome by writing a letter, along the lines of the following. Please feel free to copy it out, or email Wind of Change if you wish to receive a copy of the letter of support by email attachment.

A letter like this could make all the difference - and the more the merrier!

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Mrs Gill Collin,
Head of Planning Services,
Wychavon District Council,
The Civic Centre,
Queen Elizabeth Drive,
Pershore,
WR10 1PT

Dear Mrs Collin,

RE: LENCHWICK WINDFARM

I am writing as a local resident to express my support for the proposed Lenchwick Windfarm development.

Like many others in the area, I have been horrified and dismayed at the reactions of a small number of locals to the plans. The protesters have sought to mislead people by spreading ridiculous lies and rumours about the impact of a modern windfarm on the area.

I believe, however, that we all have a duty to future generations, and to the environment which is home to us all, to take the necessary steps to reduce carbon emissions. I also believe that renewable energy supplies are vital to the local, national and international interest, and that the wild claims made by the anti-windfarm protesters have been motivated purely by self-interest. The benefits of the proposed development, in my opinion, massively outweigh the purported disadvantages to a tiny minority of residents.

I therefore wish to add my voice to the many who sincerely want the Lenchwick Windfarm to go ahead, regardless of the specious arguments of the anti-windfarm lobby, and am therefore eagerly registering my heartfelt personal support for the proposed windfarm development.

Yours sincerely,



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